The Splintered Divine : a Study of Istar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East.
Allen, Spencer L.
The Splintered Divine : a Study of Istar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East. - Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2015. - 1 online resource (480 pages) - Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ; v. 5 . - Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 5. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-341) and indexes.
0 Introduction; 0.1 Ištar-of-Nineveh and Ištar-of-Arbela; 0.2 Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity; 0.3 Outline and Method; 1 Considering Multiplicity and Defining Deity; 1.1 An Early History of Identifying and Equating Divine Names; 1.2 Toward Minimizing Multiplicity; 1.3 Toward Maximizing Multiplicity; 1.4 Agency, Names, Offerings, and Rituals; 1.5 Conclusions; Excursus: "Syncretism"; 2 Comparative Insights; 2.1 The Multiple Manifestations of the Madonna; 2.2 Hittite Multiplicity; 2.3 Conclusions. 3 The Divine Hierarchy and Embedded God Lists (EGLs)3.1 Moving Away from Lexical God Lists; 3.2 The Last Are Least; 3.3 Building Composite God Lists; 3.4 Witness-List Traditions; 3.5 Personal and Royal Correspondence; 3.6 Cultic Texts and EGLs; 3.7 Implications for the Present Study; 4 The Ištar Goddesses of Neo-Assyria; 4.1 The Ištar Goddesses by Several Other Names and Titles; 4.2 Theological Speculations about Ištar Goddesses; 4.3 The Goddess at Nineveh; 4.4 The Goddess at Arbela; 4.5 Who is Mullissu, and when is she Mullissu?; 4.6 Assyrian-Ištar; 4.8 Conclusions. 5 Geographic Epithets in the West5.1 The Baal Deities of Ugarit; 5.2 Baal-of-Ugarit and the other Baal Deities at Ugarit; 5.3 Baal: Epithet or Name?; 5.4 The Baal Deities of the First Millennium; 5.5 Why is a Baal Deity's Geography Important?; 5.6 First-millennium Goddesses in Northwest Semitic Texts; 5.7 Conclusions; 6 A Kuntillet 'Ajrud Awakening; 6.1 "Hear, O Israel, Yahweh//our-God"; 6.2 The Geographic Origin of Yahweh: Teman; 6.3 Yahweh and the Kingdom of Israel: Samaria; 6.4 Yahweh and the Kingdom of Judah: Zion and the Hosts; 6.5 Yahweh and the bet-Locative; 6.6 Conclusions. 7 Conclusions7.1 Summary; 7.2 Implications; Bibliography; Maps; Appendix: Tables 1.1-7.1; Indices; Primary Texts Index; General Index.
"This book investigates the issue of the singularity versus the multiplicity of ancient Near Eastern deities who are known by a common first name but differentiated by their last names, or geographic epithets. It focuses primarily on the Ishtar divine names in Mesopotamia, Baal names in the Levant, and Yahweh names in Israel"--
English.
9781614512363 1614512361 9781501500220 1501500228
10.1515/9781614512363 doi
1101867094 DE-101 1114195057 DE-101 017106200 Uk
Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Baal (Canaanite deity)
Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Baal (Canaanite deity)
God--Name--Comparative studies.
God (Judaism)--Name.
Dieu--Nom--Études comparatives.
Dieu (Judaïsme)--Nom.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Theology.
God (Judaism)--Name
God--Name
Ancient Near Eastern deities. Divine epithets.
Electronic books.
Comparative studies
BL473 .A45 2015
202.1109394
The Splintered Divine : a Study of Istar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East. - Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2015. - 1 online resource (480 pages) - Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ; v. 5 . - Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 5. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-341) and indexes.
0 Introduction; 0.1 Ištar-of-Nineveh and Ištar-of-Arbela; 0.2 Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity; 0.3 Outline and Method; 1 Considering Multiplicity and Defining Deity; 1.1 An Early History of Identifying and Equating Divine Names; 1.2 Toward Minimizing Multiplicity; 1.3 Toward Maximizing Multiplicity; 1.4 Agency, Names, Offerings, and Rituals; 1.5 Conclusions; Excursus: "Syncretism"; 2 Comparative Insights; 2.1 The Multiple Manifestations of the Madonna; 2.2 Hittite Multiplicity; 2.3 Conclusions. 3 The Divine Hierarchy and Embedded God Lists (EGLs)3.1 Moving Away from Lexical God Lists; 3.2 The Last Are Least; 3.3 Building Composite God Lists; 3.4 Witness-List Traditions; 3.5 Personal and Royal Correspondence; 3.6 Cultic Texts and EGLs; 3.7 Implications for the Present Study; 4 The Ištar Goddesses of Neo-Assyria; 4.1 The Ištar Goddesses by Several Other Names and Titles; 4.2 Theological Speculations about Ištar Goddesses; 4.3 The Goddess at Nineveh; 4.4 The Goddess at Arbela; 4.5 Who is Mullissu, and when is she Mullissu?; 4.6 Assyrian-Ištar; 4.8 Conclusions. 5 Geographic Epithets in the West5.1 The Baal Deities of Ugarit; 5.2 Baal-of-Ugarit and the other Baal Deities at Ugarit; 5.3 Baal: Epithet or Name?; 5.4 The Baal Deities of the First Millennium; 5.5 Why is a Baal Deity's Geography Important?; 5.6 First-millennium Goddesses in Northwest Semitic Texts; 5.7 Conclusions; 6 A Kuntillet 'Ajrud Awakening; 6.1 "Hear, O Israel, Yahweh//our-God"; 6.2 The Geographic Origin of Yahweh: Teman; 6.3 Yahweh and the Kingdom of Israel: Samaria; 6.4 Yahweh and the Kingdom of Judah: Zion and the Hosts; 6.5 Yahweh and the bet-Locative; 6.6 Conclusions. 7 Conclusions7.1 Summary; 7.2 Implications; Bibliography; Maps; Appendix: Tables 1.1-7.1; Indices; Primary Texts Index; General Index.
"This book investigates the issue of the singularity versus the multiplicity of ancient Near Eastern deities who are known by a common first name but differentiated by their last names, or geographic epithets. It focuses primarily on the Ishtar divine names in Mesopotamia, Baal names in the Levant, and Yahweh names in Israel"--
English.
9781614512363 1614512361 9781501500220 1501500228
10.1515/9781614512363 doi
1101867094 DE-101 1114195057 DE-101 017106200 Uk
Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Baal (Canaanite deity)
Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Baal (Canaanite deity)
God--Name--Comparative studies.
God (Judaism)--Name.
Dieu--Nom--Études comparatives.
Dieu (Judaïsme)--Nom.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Theology.
God (Judaism)--Name
God--Name
Ancient Near Eastern deities. Divine epithets.
Electronic books.
Comparative studies
BL473 .A45 2015
202.1109394